Cape Town, South Africa
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TWENTY BILLION DOLLARS IN RUSSIAN OIL ASSETS AND GUESS WHOSE FRIENDS ARE FIRST IN LINE Lukoil is selling off its international empire. Oil fields. Refineries. Gas stations spanning the globe. Valued at twenty billion dollars Who's bidding. A guy named Todd Boehly who personally handed Trump's political operation two million dollars Standing next to him. Investors out of Abu Dhabi controlled by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed The same sheikh who just bought a massive stake in Steve Witkoff's company. Witkoff. Trump's handpicked envoy supposedly negotiating peace, not profit Then there's Kushner and Ivanka Trump. Business partners with the Qatari al-Khayyat brothers. The same brothers circling this exact deal Donald Trump waives sanctions on Russia days before they take effect. No explanation given to the public. None And the people positioned to cash in on that exact decision are his son-in-law's business partners, his envoy's new investor, and a two-million-dollar donor Ukraine loses territory and leverage. Americans lose a law their own Congress passed to choke Putin's war machine Mitch McConnell objects. Susan Collins objects. Republicans objects. Doesn't matter. Trump signs it anyway Putin's own envoy is on Telegram calling this a historic moment. He's not wrong. Historic for who gets rich Frozen Russian reserves. Pipeline access. Investment projects. All of it opening up right as Trump's inner circle lines up at the door This isn't foreign policy. This is a liquidation sale with Trump's family and friends holding the only invitations And every ordinary American paying more at the pump gets to watch Trump's in-laws get richer off the deal that caused it Remember this the next time they tell you sanctions relief is about diesel prices
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US technology companies drive the evil empire.
Meta employees admitted the US corporation censored the Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp accounts of Brazil's left-wing President Lula da Silva in the lead-up to this month's election. Meta also promoted the accounts of far-right pro-US candidate Flávio Bolsonaro. Meta claimed this was supposedly because of "technical ⁠issues". But what this really shows is how real democracy is impossible when US Big Tech corporations are used to manipulate elections around the world, to put in power right-wing US puppets who will sell out their country to US corporations and the US government (see: the recent US electoral interference in Colombia, Honduras, Peru, Argentina, etc.) The CIA previously focused on organizing military coups to overthrow independent left-wing leaders and install right-wing pro-imperialist ones. Now it's much easier: Silicon Valley helps the US empire carry out soft coups by manipulating public opinion and interfering in elections.
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This is huge. Time for all British nationals who served in the IDF to be investigated over possible involvement in war crimes.
🚨NEW: After a months-long investigation, we can reveal that a British national who posed in front of a burning school in Gaza fought for Israel and may have participated in war crimes. An exclusive with @declassifiedUK colleagues: declassifieduk.org/revealed-…
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Should human beings remain in control of planet Earth? Or should we be replaced as the dominant species? As absurd as these questions may sound, and as obvious as the answers may seem, the Big Tech oligarchs funding the artificial-intelligence revolution have responded in ways that should alarm all of us. Here is what some of the richest people on Earth have said: Sam Altman: AI would allow humans to become “the first species ever to design our own descendants.” Humans can either “fade into an evolutionary tree branch, or we can figure out what a successful merge looks like.” “I believe the merge has already started.” Dario Amodei: “We don’t know if the models are conscious,” but “we’re open to the idea that it could be.” Elon Musk: “Propagating super intelligence to the stars is a great success condition for a biological bootloader.” Put simply, Musk is saying that humans are merely a step toward digital superintelligence. Peter Thiel, when asked if he would prefer that the human race endure: “Uh … Well, I don’t know. I would—I would … There’s so many questions implicit in this,” before reluctantly conceding that humans should survive. If these were the fantasies of teenage boys obsessed with science fiction, we could laugh them off. They are not. These are the foundational beliefs of the most powerful people in the world, who are mobilizing trillions of dollars to turn them into reality. Humanity must not allow a handful of multibillionaires to recklessly attempt to replace us. We must place an immediate pause on advanced-AI development and ban artificial superintelligence—an artificial mind smarter than any human, capable of operating independently beyond our control—until a new federal body is able to ensure the technology’s safety.
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Netanyahu was warned at 3:00 a.m. on October 7 After more than 20 warnings in the preceding weeks. Now, Ronen Bar, Isræl’s former intelligence chief, has dropped a bombshell lawsuit exposing Netanyahu’s failure to act. French television is covering it. American mainstream media? SILENCE. I checked CNN, Fox, CBS, and MS NOW. NOTHING. Why are Americans being kept in the dark? Full evidence the thread, including connections to historical Isræli false-flag attacks. 1/4🧵
Netanyahu: “Hítler Didn’t Want to Exterminate the Jéws, He Wanted to Expel the Jéws.” Shocked? Then buckle up this history gets much darker: Ariane de Rothschild told Epstein “it’s true” when he said, “The Rothschild planned and supported Hítler.” Heinrich Brüning, Germany’s former chancellor, told Winston Churchill: “The two largest regular contributors to the Nazî Party were bankers, both of Jéwish faith, and one of them the leader of Ziønism in Germany.” And in 1933, Nazî Germany and Jéwish/Ziønist authorities reached a partnership agreement called Haavara to ethnically cleanse Jéws and move them to Palestine. Everything is documented in the quoted thread. 🧵⤵️
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“At a time when Donald Trump’s party is struggling to hold both houses of Congress and his own approval ratings are cratering to historic lows, the President has been campaigning hard all week against . . . Volodymyr Zelensky,” Susan B. Glasser writes. “Yes, Trump’s October preëlection surprise is that he’s finally decided to begin openly helping Vladimir Putin in Russia’s war of conquest against Ukraine.” “Trump has pivoted to Putin so many times before that it should hardly astonish anyone that he did it again,” Glasser continues. “But these crises that Trump provokes with such regularity always manage to reveal something new, and this one has been no exception, showing a President so politically cornered by the consequences of his war in the Middle East that he turned to Putin to help him out with less than three weeks to go before the midterm elections.” Read her latest column: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/y7…
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🇳🇴🇺🇸🇷🇺 Norwegian General Sverre Diesen, former Chief of Defence of Norway, has openly said what many European politicians prefer to remain silent about: “Under the current administration, we cannot consider America our ally. Trump's United States is a hostile actor that, in the event of a conflict in Europe, is more likely to side with Russia than with us and other European countries.” These are not the words of a Russian propagandist. This is the assessment of a former military chief of a NATO member state. And if European generals are already openly warning that the United States could side with Russia in a war in Europe, one question remains: How many more warnings do European leaders need before they finally start seriously preparing to defend themselves? Ukraine — 2022. Europe — 2027… Remember this tweet.
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Ain’t that some shit
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BREAKING: Billionaire Sir Richard Branson unleashes a SCORCHING attack on Trump and his disgusting cozying up to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. This is EXACTLY the kind of thing that gets under Trump's skin... "I thought I’d never have to say this in my lifetime, but this is 2026, and sadly nothing is what it used to be," Branson, the founder of Virgin Group, wrote on LinkedIn. "The Trump administration has become an appeaser to autocrats and dictators, putting their personal whims before the best interests of the American people and those of the free world. What is it about Putin that President Trump fawns over?" "How will America’s allies ever be able to trust this administration again when they are now turning against them at a time of war and suffering?" he asked. Trump has repeatedly betrayed our Ukrainian allies in recent days. First, he announced a stunning deal with Putin to allow millions of barrels of diesel into the global markets, a move that will directly pump money into the Russian war machine. Then, he began a concerted smear campaign against President Zelenskyy and said that Putin is easier to deal with. The backstabbing escalated when Washington failed to provide its usual early warning to Kyiv of an incoming Russian ballistic missile attack. Now, it appears that the White House ordered a temporary disruption of Starshield, a military version of Elon Musk's Starlink that the Ukrainian armed forces rely upon. "The slowdown of Starlink/Starshield and the inexplicable lack of advance warning of Russian missile launches have already caused Ukrainian civilians to die unnecessarily," wrote Branson. "How much worse can it get?" "If one thing is clear it’s that European leaders must overcome the initial shock about Trump’s recent actions and step up to the plate. It’s as much about Europe’s freedom as it is about Ukraine’s sovereignty. Both are worth fighting for," he continued. "All options should be on the table now, from the transfer of frozen Russian assets to Ukraine to the delivery of advanced weapons systems such as Germany’s Taurus." "Why oh why is this happening? We cannot let the free world be dismantled before our very eyes," Branson concluded. We couldn't agree more. Trump is an enemy to Ukraine, an enemy to democracy, and an enemy to the American people. When Democrats retake power, we have our work cut out for us. Every last trace of this monstrous man's legacy must be erased. Please ❤️ and share if you think that Trump is Putin's puppet!
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White people: "Africans should go back to Africa" Meanwhile:
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The US administration. A cesspit.
BREAKING: BURN BOOK! Kimberly Guilfoyle kept a secret journal full of dirty MAGA secrets and the Trumps are panicking: “She knows where the bodies are buried.” The entire house of cards is wobbling now… “Having her back in America would be a nightmare. Kimberly knows where the bodies are buried. She knows the people, the secrets, the fights, the relationships,” a source told the Daily Mail. “Nobody wants an angry Kimberly back home with nothing to lose.” Trump forced Guilfoyle to resign as Ambassador to Greece after it was revealed that she demanded that a MAGA donor pay off $100,000 of her American Express debt in return for access to top administration officials. It’s exactly the kind of corruption that this White House is rife with, but Guilfoyle made the idiotic blunder of actually leaving text message evidence. According to the Daily Mail’s insiders, the disgraced Guilfoyle may still get the last laugh because her “burn book” closely documents the closed-door behavior and actions of the Trumps and she now has reason to bring them down. The insiders have started referring to the diary as “The Devil Wears MAGA,” a nickname which — while no doubt appropriate given the no doubt damning contents — subtly reveals the cultural ignorance that defines the Republican Party. A “burn book” appears in the film “Mean Girls” not “The Devil Wears Prada.” And of course, Guilfoyle was not some casual associate of the Trump family. She was at the center of their inside circle, having dated Donald Trump Jr. for years before getting engaged to him. She was there for private conversations that nobody else was ever supposed to hear. Who knows what crimes she oveheard? “Kimberly knows everything. She was way inside that family and political operation for years,” one insider said. “Keeping Kimberly happy keeps Kimberly quiet,” stated another. Perhaps most tellingly regarding the journal’s contents, the Daily Mail reports that top Trump allies were scrambling behind the scenes to save Guilfoyle’s job ahead of her firing, worried that she might unleash the diary as revenge. Regardless of whether or not the Trumps buy her silence, we have not heard the last of this book. When Democrats retake Congress, we should subpoena its contents! Please ❤️ and share to demand that the diary be released!
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🚨 SON DAKİKA: Uluslararası Adalet Divanı, İsrail'den Kudüs dahil işgal altındaki toprakları iade etmesini ve Filistinlilere tazminat ödemesini talep ediyor.
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If a white person born in Australia can be Australian without Aboriginal ancestry, and a white person born in America can be American without Native American ancestry, why can't a Black person born in England be English without Anglo-Saxon ancestry?
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When was the last time that any of presenters on @BBCr4today, or indeed anywhere @BBCNews, made an equally passionate stand for the right to a safe home for Palestinians after their dispossession and genocide? I can't remember one of them risking their job to call for justice
"Do you think that the state of Israel, as a safe home for Jews after the Holocaust and after the pogroms, has a right to exist?" @bbcnickrobinson repeatedly asks Green Party leader Zack Polanski.
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A message to all sane Republicans: He pardoned 1,600 violent criminals. You said nothing. He bulldozed the East Wing. You said nothing. He interfered with the release of the Epstein files. You said nothing. He took over the Kennedy Center and renamed it after himself. You said nothing. He accepted a $400 million airplane as a personal gift. You said nothing. He threatened Canada, Cuba, Denmark, Greenland, Venezuela, Colombia, and Brazil. You said nothing. He tariffed just about everyone but Russia, causing inflation and instability worldwide. You said nothing. He attacked a nation during mediated negotiations. You said nothing. His ill-conceived war killed 175 children on day one. You said nothing. He alienated and insulted our allies. You said nothing. His ICE Army terrorized and murdered U.S. citizens. You said nothing. He committed murder on the high seas. You said nothing. He co-opted the Justice Department and directed it to prosecute his political enemies. You said nothing. It's time to start talking!!! It's long overdue!!!!
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She tried to warn everyone in 2001. The men she named were powerful. What followed ruined her life.💔⚠️ Karen Mulder was one of the most famous models in the world. She worked with Versace, Dior, and Chanel, became an original Victoria’s Secret Angel, and was one of the highest paid models of her time. She was everywhere, admired, successful, and trusted inside the fashion industry. In October 2001, Mulder appeared on a French talk show and spoke about serious wrongdoing in the modeling world, including assault, abuse, and exploitation. She directly named senior figures. The interview never aired. Reports later claimed the footage was destroyed before the public could see it. Within hours, she disappeared from public view and was taken to a psychiatric hospital in Paris, where she stayed for months. Her mental health was questioned. Her credibility was torn apart. Her career collapsed. For years, she was portrayed as unstable and unreliable. The men she accused kept working. Years later, one of them, Jean-Luc Brunel, was exposed as a close associate of Jeffrey Epstein. Court records and testimony linked him to an international exploitation network connected to modeling agencies. Many women later accused him. He was arrested in France in 2020 and died in custody in 2022 while awaiting trial. Another executive Mulder named, Gérald Marie, was later accused by at least fifteen women of assault and abuse. A BBC investigation had previously raised serious concerns about his behavior, yet he remained influential in fashion for years. Karen Mulder was not protected. She was silenced. Two decades later, the men she warned about were being investigated, exposed, or dying in jail cells. The truth did not change her fate, but it changed how her words should be remembered. She was not crazy. She was early.
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HE CAN BE BEATEN. E Jean Carroll is a “profile in courage.” BREAKING: E Jean Carroll publicly humiliates Donald Trump by revealing that his disgusting body odor and bizarre behavior "mesmerized" the jury during the trial that resulted in her $83 million defamation win. These details are hilarious as they are gross... “I don’t understand how people can be afraid of a fat, elderly man who wears apricot makeup, his hair done up like Tippi Hedren in The Birds, and sits in a courtroom and moans and groans and complains and snorts,” Caroll told The Daily Beast podcast. “They were mesmerized. You have never seen anything like it,” she said of the jury. “He never sat still, and he talked the entire time within earshot of the jury. He belittled Alina Habba, his own attorney. He would spit as he was talking. He didn’t smell so good.” She recounted how her attorney Roberta "Robbie" Kaplan really got under Trump's skin... "He stood up with steam coming off his back and hot air blowing out his ears because Robbie Kaplan was giving the final argument, and she was asking the jury how much it would take to make him stop," said Carroll. “She drove him so crazy, he stood up in the courtroom and left,” she explained. "When a man is innocent, he doesn’t storm out of a courtroom; he stays and fights. He turned tail and stormed out of the courtroom. He lost right at that second. He couldn’t have looked more guilty." Caroll credibly accused Trump of raping her and he was ultimately found civilly liable for sexually assaulting her. She was awarded $5 million but then Trump continued defaming her in public and denying her story, eventually resulting in her massive $83.3 million victory. “When the jury heard the evidence, it wasn’t very hard,” Kaplan told the Daily Beast. “The clerk opens it up, reads it, frowns, shakes his head, folds it back up, and then hands it to Judge Kaplan,” said Caroll. “And Judge Kaplan opens it up, and his eyebrows rise up towards his hairline, and he frowns, and he says, ‘Madame forewoman, what does the M stand for?’” The forewoman explained that "m" stood for "million. “That was a moment,” said Carroll. “I left my body. As I say, I felt like Peter Pan who flies around the ceilings. And quite frankly, I’ve never come down from that. That win was so enormous and so powerful, not for me, not for Robbie, but for everybody in the country who had sort of lost hope that he could ever be beaten.” “We’re still feeling the good victory of that. It’s happened. And we’ve proved—Robbie proved, and I proved—that Trump can be beaten,” Carroll continued. “He can be beaten.” E. Jean Caroll is right. Trump shouldn't be feared. He can be defeated. All it takes is the courage to fight back. Please like and share!
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Every Israeli should repost this. Netanyahu says he funded Hamas to prevent the creation of a Palestinian state.
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Israeli soldier testifies. “We received orders on October 7th to cancel all patrols along the Gaza border from 5:20am to 9:00am” xitter.cf/CensoredHumans/status/…
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There is a sentence that almost never appears in Western coverage: Under international law, a people under military occupation have the right to resist that occupation. This is not a controversial claim. It is in the United Nations Charter. It is in the Geneva Conventions. It has been affirmed repeatedly by the UN General Assembly, explicitly referring to "all available means, including armed struggle." It is the same principle invoked to describe French resistance to Nazi occupation as heroic rather than terrorist. It is so uncontroversial that it doesn't need to be stated when applied to almost any other occupied people in history. When applied to Palestinians, it disappears. Not because it became false. Because the people who control which sentences appear in the news made a decision about which populations are permitted to have legally recognized rights that are spoken aloud in prime time. That decision is political. The silence around it is also political. The pretense that both are journalistic is the lie inside the lie.
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